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Asked: 2026-05-11T05:13:00+00:00

I have a jQuery selector, which has a chained function. Inside the function I

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I have a jQuery selector, which has a chained function.

Inside the function I want to get access to the TEXT representing the expression for the selector.

$('cat dog').function() {      // how do I get access to the 'cat dog' string from inside THIS function ? };

I’ve over simplified in this code sample what I actually want to do. I’m writing a plug-in and I need access to the selector for which the wrapped set has been created. Obviously in this particular example I have access to ‘cat dog’ becasue i wrote it. So just picture this being in a plugin.

Its a little tricky to google for this.

edit: the ‘selector’ property is unfortunately now deprecated. http://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/1.9/#selector-property-on-jquery-objects

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  1. There is a ‘selector’ attribute in the jQuery object, but I’m not sure it’s always available.

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